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Tips to make holiday travel more affordable despite rising cost of fuel

AAA expects 41 million people to hit the road for the 4th of July holiday.

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Updated: 5:24 PM CDT Jun 30, 2013

Tips to make holiday travel more affordable despite rising cost of fuel

AAA expects 41 million people to hit the road for the 4th of July holiday.

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Updated: 5:24 PM CDT Jun 30, 2013

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WEBVTT WITH THE FOURTH OF JULY RIGHTAROUND THE CORNER AND ONEOF THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAYS OFTHE YEAR, MOTORISTS CANEXPECT TO SHELL OUT EVEN MORE ATTHE PUMP AS THEY HIT THEROAD THIS YEAR.IN ORLEANS PARISH THE AVERAGEPRICE OF REGULARGASOLINE IS BETWEEN 3.25 AND3.29.JEFFERSON PARISH IS A LITTLELOWER BETWEEN 3.18 AND3.22. WDSU ANCHOR LATONYANORTON IS ON YOUR SIDE WITHHOW WE STACK UP TO THE REST OFTHE COUNTRY AND HOW YOU CANSAVE AT THE PUMP THIS SUMMER.A FEW SHORT YEARS AGO... RONNIEHOWELL, OF SLIDELL,WOULD PAY 40 TO 50 DOLLARS TOFILL UP HIS TANK... NOW..."Oh it's expensive. It's realexpensive. Right now we'reheaded over to Mobile to bringmy grand daughterhome and it's going to costabout a 100 bucks to bring herhome."TRIPLE A SAYS THE NATIONALAVERAGE PER GALLON IS 3-50...15 CENTS HIGHER THAN A YEAR AGO.WHILE THE STATE WIDE AVERAGE IS3-30 ... UP TWENTY CENTS ....COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S 3-10."3.60 at points and it just itkeeps going up and up andsometimes it's like a good dealyou're getting gas for 3.22 nowa days.""We've had them so high now thatyou might see that actualprices being suppressed."TRIPLE A'S DON REDMAN SAYS WITH41 MILLION PEOPLENATIONWIDE EXPECTED TO HIT THEROAD FOR THE FOURTH OFJULY HOLIDAY ... AND 84 PERCENTOF TRAVELERS, TRAVELING BYCAR...PRICES COME DOWN JUST FORCOMPETITION... ASTHE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EASTHELPS DICTATE THE BOTTON LINE."Also a continued weak US dollarand whenever the dollar getsweak, commodities such as oilcontinues to climb. We've seenprices really waffling almost anentire year between 95 dollarsto 100dollars a barrel which has a bigimpact on the price ofgasoline." "and if you want tosave money at the pump ...There's some easy ways to doit."MAKE SURE YOUR TIRES AREPROPERLY INFLATED .... ITSAVES ON CONSUMPTION... TURN OFFTHE A-C AND ROLL DOWNTHE WINDOWS... EVEN IN THE HOTSUMMER MONTHS... BUT IFYOU'RE TRAVELING AT A FASTERSPEED... SAY 55 MILES PERHOUR OR MORE ... KEEP YOUR AC ONAND WINDOWS UP... AND LIGHTENTHE LOAD...RID YOUR CAR OF ANYUNNECESSARY WEIGHT..."This is actually some of thecheapest fuel that we've seen sofar."MATTHEW DRYLING, ISDRIVING-CROSS COUNTRY FROMSEATTLE, DOWN THROUGH THESOUTH... "Like in Californiawe're paying close to $4 agallon so this actually kind ofa relief from where gas priceswere elsewhere." RELIEF THATLOCAL DRIVERS ARE HOPING TO SOONFEEL. ONYOUR SIDE, LATONYA NORTON, WDSUNEWS.AAA SAYS ABOUT 46 PERCENT OFHOLIDAY TRAVELERS AREJULY 7TH ARE EXPECTED TO BETHE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAYS...THAT'S WHEN MOST PEOPLE ARELEAVING FOR THE HOLIDAY ORRETURNING HOME.

Tips to make holiday travel more affordable despite rising cost of fuel

AAA expects 41 million people to hit the road for the 4th of July holiday.